Wooden dance mask. Carved to represent a young girl’s face. The face has a pointed chin and rounded forehead. There are openings for the eyes. The wood is painted with a red coloured pigment. [AB [OPS Move] 5/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden dance mask. Carved to represent a young girl’s face. The face has a pointed chin and rounded forehead. There are openings for the eyes. The wood is painted with a red coloured pigment. [AB [OPS Move] 5/9/2016]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of; Mozambique
Africa > Eastern Africa > Mozambique
Cultural groups: Makonde; Mwera
Person: Field collector Miss M. Roe; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source George Reginald Carline
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1921
Date collected: By 1921
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Sap, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 55 mm, Width: max 130 mm, Length: max 175 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.23.9
Research and responses: There is a short note and drawing of this object in RDF [AP 3/5/2001]

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